Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1738.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1738, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Modernization Act of 2015” on June 2, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on May 20, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 2, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

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  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50257

  CBO publication date

  June 2, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1738, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7820553b27372bb337be4d4afcc17de65eddc6b88b59175c43e78ddd5f7e209a

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-854 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security Committee on December 8, 2016.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 8, 2016 ↗

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  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/854

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1738, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7820553b27372bb337be4d4afcc17de65eddc6b88b59175c43e78ddd5f7e209a

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BILIRAKIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 52, April 13, 2015, Page H2153):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts, and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: The Congress shall have Power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 13, 2015 ↗

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  Statement length

  590 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1738, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1738

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  7820553b27372bb337be4d4afcc17de65eddc6b88b59175c43e78ddd5f7e209a

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